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257 books

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy #1

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

191 pages • 1958 • 106 editions

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
W.: A Novel by Steve Sem-Sandberg, Steve Sem-Sandberg

W.: A Novel

Steve Sem-Sandberg, Steve Sem-Sandberg

384 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced
3.75 j_wx's review
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

342 pages • 2006 • 92 editions

fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
3.0 j_wx's review
Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport by Janice Forsyth

Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport

Janice Forsyth

264 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
4.0 j_wx's review
Minik: The New York Eskimo: An Arctic Explorer, a Museum, and the Betrayal of the Inuit People by Kenn Harper

Minik: The New York Eskimo: An Arctic Explorer, a Museum, and the Betrayal of the Inuit People

Kenn Harper

304 pages • 1986 • 7 editions

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Roaches Have No King by Daniel Evan Weiss

The Roaches Have No King

Daniel Evan Weiss

240 pages • 5 editions

fiction fantasy funny slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
May the Best Man Win: Sport, Masculinity, and Nationalism in Great Britain and the Empire, 1880-1935 by P. McDevitt

May the Best Man Win: Sport, Masculinity, and Nationalism in Great Britain and the Empire, 1880-1935

P. McDevitt

179 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction history sports challenging informative slow-paced
4.0 j_wx's review
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

Alone in Berlin

Hans Fallada

568 pages • 1947 • 64 editions

fiction classics dark emotional sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative

Mary Prince

69 pages • 1831 • 32 editions

nonfiction biography classics history challenging emotional informative medium-paced
4.0 j_wx's review
Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 by David Clay Large

Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936

David Clay Large

401 pages • 2007 • 3 editions

nonfiction history sports informative inspiring slow-paced
4.0 j_wx's review
The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

196 pages • 1882 • 6 editions

fiction classics adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
3.0 j_wx's review
Colonialism and Homosexuality by Robert Aldrich

Colonialism and Homosexuality

Robert Aldrich

464 pages • 2002 • 2 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison

Legends of the Fall

Jim Harrison

276 pages • 1979 • 15 editions

fiction historical short stories dark medium-paced
4.0 j_wx's review
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

324 pages • 1985 • 381 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Blitzcat by Robert Westall

Blitzcat

Robert Westall

240 pages • 1989 • 11 editions

fiction historical middle grade hopeful sad medium-paced
3.0 j_wx's review
Night by Elie Wiesel

The Night Trilogy #1

Night

Elie Wiesel

116 pages • 1958 • 100 editions

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

Viet Thanh Nguyen

210 pages • 2018 • 9 editions

nonfiction essays politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Day by Elie Wiesel

The Night Trilogy #3

Day

Elie Wiesel

109 pages • 1961 • 12 editions

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Dawn by Elie Wiesel

The Night Trilogy #2

Dawn

Elie Wiesel

81 pages • 1960 • 16 editions

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Black Lake by Hella S. Haasse

The Black Lake

Hella S. Haasse

116 pages • 1948 • 25 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
3.0 j_wx's review